Weekly Schedule

Week of 10/18:

• Introduction of Syllabus
• Quick-Write: What makes a civilization?
• Vocabulary Worksheet
• Discussion of early Asian, Native American, and African cultures in the Americas
• Native American cultures - Textbook p.20-24

Week of 10/25:

• Present Native American projects
• Discussion of Christopher Columbus and Columbian Exchange
• Spanish empire in the New World
• Review key concepts from chapter 1 and chapter 2

Week of 11/1:

• Pocahontas analysis
• Discussion of British colonies
• Graphic Organizer about different regions of the East Coast
• Review and discuss timeline of settlement in Early America

Week of 11/8:

• British Colonies Quiz
• Introduction to the American Revolution
• Causes of the Revolution

Week of 11/15:

• Discussion of perspective in history
• Declaration of Independence and beginning of the Revolution
• Quick-Write: What role can the creative arts play in history? (especially consider wars!)
• Begin Revolutionary War parody
• When should a country's independent status be recognized?

Week of 11/22:

• Begin Developing Country and Government simulation
• The Constitution and Bill of Rights

Week of 11/29:

• Discussion of Separation of Powers
• Classwork Question about Powers of Federal and State Governments
• Work on American Revolution Project
• Bill of Rights and Constitution

Week of 12/6:

• Project presentations
• Finish Bill of Rights and Constitution
• Introduce Chapter 6: Federalists and Republicans
• Review for next week's Quiz on US Government

Week of 12/13:

• Quiz on US Government
• Introduce vocab for new section
• Go over Washington's Presidency, including Farewell Address
• "America" film: Westward
• Note-taking skills
• Read Alien and Sedition Acts and the Patriot Act

Week of 12/20:

• How to Compose a Historical Argument
• essay about the Alien and Sedition Acts vs. the Patriot Act
• US Government current information search - write to the government

Week of 1/3:

• Jefferson's Presidency and Westward Expansion (Lewis and Clark)
• War of 1812
• The American Flag and the National Anthem
• wrap-up early presidents
• assign presidents paper

Week of 1/17:

• Discussion of Eli Whitney, Frederick Douglass, and slave culture in the South
• Look at secret messages in spirituals
• Group Quiz

Week of 1/24:

• Discussion of sectionalism in the United States

Week of 1/31:

• "America" film: Division
• Industrial Revolution advertisements
• Elections of 1824 and 1828 notes

Week of 2/7:

• Jacksonian America (pg 265-272 in text)
• Indian Removal Act
• Introduce Newspaper project
• Changing American Culture 1800s-1850s
• Newspaper assignment (assignment can be found under "handouts" tab)

Week of 2/14:

• Continue working on newspaper assignment
• Review for test
• Test on Pre-Civil War America

Week of 2/21:

• present Newspapers
• Discuss causes and outcome of Mexican-American War
• read speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

Week of 2/28:

• "America" film: Civil War
• Advantages/Disadvantages of North and South
• work in groups on specific battles/people/events of the Civil War

Week of 3/7:

• work on Civil War presentations
• Present projects to class

Week of 3/14:

• Discussion of 54th Massachusetts
• viewing of film Glory
• Film wrap-up, reflection and discussion

Week of 3/21:

• Analyzing the Gettysburg Address
• view and discuss photography from the Civil War
• Conclusion of the War notes
• begin working on study guide for quiz
• Reconstruction activity

Week of 3/28:

• Reconstruction questions
• Analysis of Black Codes
• 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
• Andrew Johnson powerpoint
• Civil War Quiz

Week of 4/4:

• Wrap-up Andrew Johnson
• discuss end of Reconstruction Era
• Recognize 5 contributing factors of Westward Expansion
• examine treatment of Native Americans
• "America" film: Heartland
• begin Chapter 14 (Big Business/Industry)

Week of 4/25:

• Review of Westward Expansion/Industrial Revolution
• Discussion/Powerpoint about Immigration
• Citizenship Test activity
• Changing urban landscape
• Study for test

Week of 5/2:

• Test on Unit 6
• recognizing Cause and Effect
• Ch. 16-18 vocabulary
• Analyzing progressivism
• edit paragraphs about progressivism

Week of 5/9:

• Progressivism essay
• WWI - World view, U.S. involvement, "Victor's Peace"
• introduce end of the quarter project

Week of 5/16:

• Discussion of Recession vs. Great Depression
• "America" film: Bust

Week of 5/23:

• Workshop for final project
• discussion of Great Depression
• introduction to WWII
• Authoritarian governments in Europe
• American Neutrality
• Japanese Internment and the Atomic Bomb

Week of 5/31:

• movie
• WWII quiz
• work on final projects

Week of 6/6:

• Final Project Presentations